diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh
index e9966fcbfdba..a4b26cdeb09d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/builder.sh
@@ -6,17 +6,23 @@ tar xvfz $src
 mkdir $out
 
 echo "unpacking reader..."
-tar xvf installers/COMMON.TAR -C $out
-tar xvf installers/LINUXRDR.TAR -C $out
+tar xvf AdobeReader/COMMON.TAR -C $out
+tar xvf AdobeReader/ILINXR.TAR -C $out
+
+# Disable this plugin for now (it needs LDAP, and I'm too lazy to add it).
+rm $out/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/PPKLite.api
 
 glibc=$(cat $NIX_GCC/nix-support/orig-glibc)
 
 patchelf --interpreter $glibc/lib/ld-linux.so.* $out/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread
 
-sed "s^REPLACE_ME^$out/Reader^" $out/bin/acroread.sh > $out/bin/acroread.sh.tmp
-echo "#! $SHELL" > $out/bin/acroread.sh
-echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$libXt/lib:$libXp/lib:$libXext/lib:$libX11/lib" >> $out/bin/acroread.sh
-cat $out/bin/acroread.sh.tmp >> $out/bin/acroread.sh
-rm $out/bin/acroread.sh.tmp
-chmod 755 $out/bin/acroread.sh
-mv $out/bin/acroread.sh $out/bin/acroread
+fullPath=
+for i in $libPath; do
+    fullPath=$fullPath${fullPath:+:}$i/lib
+done
+
+echo "#! $SHELL" > $out/bin/acroread.tmp
+echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$fullPath\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $out/bin/acroread.tmp
+cat $out/bin/acroread >> $out/bin/acroread.tmp
+chmod 755 $out/bin/acroread.tmp
+mv $out/bin/acroread.tmp $out/bin/acroread
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix
index 665ba69bdce5..be96e47bf408 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/acrobat-reader/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, libXt, libXp, libXext, libX11}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libXt, libXp, libXext, libX11, glib, pango, atk, gtk, libstdcpp5, zlib}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "acrobat-reader-5.0.10";
+  name = "acrobat-reader-7.0";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/5.x/linux-5010.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "9721b85d54aab1d9ece37758cc6d64f2";
+    url = ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/AdbeRdr70_linux_enu.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "f847ce21e5d871837f2dc1d2f1baf9a9";
   };
-  inherit libXt libXp libXext libX11;
+  
+  libPath = [libXt libXp libXext libX11 glib pango atk gtk libstdcpp5 zlib];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 8fb66915115c..af444eb87a45 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1182,8 +1182,10 @@ rec {
   };
 
   acroread = (import ../applications/misc/acrobat-reader) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
     inherit (xlibs) libXt libXp libXext libX11;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango atk gtk;
+    libstdcpp5 = gcc33.gcc;
   };
 
   eclipse = (import ../applications/editors/eclipse) {